World's Most Powerful Subwoofer?

[DrewKaree]

http://www.sonicflare.com/archives/eminent-tech-trw-17-the-most-powerful-subwoofer-in-the-world.php

Hyperbole galore, the Eminent Technology TRW 17 is, as you shall see, the most powerful subwoofer in the world, achieving FLAT response down to 1Hz. 1Hz! Human hearing is rated from 20Hz to 20kHz but you can actually feel sound way below that -- and so can your neighbors and your neighbors' neighbors.

Click the link below to read our take on the most revolutionary bass product this century.

Before you ask, yes, the picture above is correct -- what appears to be industrial bathroom fan is actually an "infrasonic" driver. The trick is instead of a paper cone pulsating back and forth, the TRW 17 creates a gigantic cone of air with the fins swiveling to modulate frequency. And whereas traditional subwoofers compress the air inside of a box to create the deep bass, the TRW 17 compresses a different box...your entire freakin room.

A smooth $12,900 is what the patented Eminent TRW 17 will sell for (they're not on sale yet). Also, you don't want to actually have the TRW 17 in your main listening room (otherwise your head will explode like the guy in the Simpsons THX trailer). A professional installer has to wire the TRW 17 into your attic or basement, thus creating The World's Largest Subwoofer.

And lest you think this is another audio gimmick, comments from the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest have already placed this as one potentially wicked sub. Remember, response is FLAT to 1Hz, meaning there is virtually no distortion. Proper setup is required, of course, but done right, Eminent's TRW 17 is set to take the high-end by storm. Additionally, different versions are rumored: a car version and a smaller one for use in traditional subwoofer enclosures.

I can't wait to see some reviews of this beast and, naturally, we'll keep you updated as they come in. I'd request a review sample but, you know, I don't want my system to clip and turn my house into a smoldering crater. So, yeah, I'll leave this one for the professional reviewers (their eardrums collapsed years ago anyway).

And from slashdot:

The Inside Scoop
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by JRSF0 (928106) Alter Relationship on Thu November 03, 03:56 AM (#13939590)
I'm the guy who originally dug up the Eminent over at http://www.sonicflare.com/ [sonicflare.com] before I wrote the companion article on ohgizmo.com (which looks dead from a quick and painless /. death...). I'm a blogger, not an engineer, so I really have no idea what I'm talking about (par for course, right) but I did talk to the creator Bruce Thigpen a few days ago about his crazy invention: Yes, it's real. Yes, you can "hear" it below 20hz. No, it doesn't blow women's clothes off...yet. The way the TRW 17 (Thigpen Rotary Woofer model #17) works is the fan spins at a constant speed but the fins themselves rotate back and forth to change the frequency. Also, you don't just set this up in your living room and crank up the volume. It has to be installed in an adjacent space like your attic or basement which then becomes the actual subwoofer enclosure, firing through a chainsawed hole into your main listening room. The TRW was demoed at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest a couple weeks ago and the reviewers from established audio publications were actually frightened as the walls started to pulse in and out at about 10Hz. Wimps. But the surprising discovery was the sound wasn't booming or nasty, just frighteningly "there." The TRW 17 is advertised with +/- 4dB of distortion which is awesome for any subwoofer, let alone one that covers 1Hz to 30Hz. And here's the good news: Bruce told me there's a cheaper version in the works. Not cheap like free beer, but not 13 grand. Also, there is a car version in the works that, no doubt, has Luda all hot and bothered. A "normal" version is also planned -- normal like a subwoofer the size of a refrigerator but still better than converting the den into a boom machine. So you know, no actual music was played at the RM audio fest. It was purely a proof of concept, though it's claimed to work perfectly for music and HT. I haven't talked to Bruce in a few days (no doubt rappers are all up in his biz after I posted it on Monday) but I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more of the TRW 17 soon. Pictures of installations and live reports: http://www.sonicflare.com/archives/eminent-tech-tr w-17-part-2.php [sonicflare.com]

[pointdablame]

I was reading about this before, very impressive.

I don't think I'll ever drop 13k on a sub though... even if it can destroy my house the next time my audio clips.

[AtomSmasher]

I bet you could even hit the brown noise with that.

[Santoro]

The elusive Brown Noise.  I think the US military has seized all technology capable of creating it for use in Iraq.  I would buy stock in the company that makes Depends-like products in Iraq.


Ok that was weak.

[Stingray]

What a stupid invention. Something that exists solely to irritate the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of everyone unfortunate enough to live near you.

-S

[subcriminal]

how do you say 1Hz is it still a hertz or just a hert?  I'm gonna try some of that attatching desk fan to sub woofer, see if I can build me a $12900 speaker. Hell I can build an arcade machine why not. 

[missioncontrol]

What a stupid invention. Something that exists solely to irritate the ---Cleveland steamer--- out of everyone unfortunate enough to live near you.

-S

I agree. just wait till everybody starts putting them in their cars and driving around town in them.


I'm so glad I live in the country 

[DrewKaree]

* DrewKaree gets out the maps to plan a road trip to mission and Stingray's houses

Now where did I put that $13,000?

[missioncontrol]

* missioncontrol double checks shot gun to make sure it's loaded with rock salt

darn kids and that..... that rock and roll

[DrewKaree]

* DrewKaree adds tequila and limes to the trip checklist since salt will be provided

[missioncontrol]

your bringing tequila 

why didn't ya say so in the first place.

come on in.........

[DrewKaree]

You don't buy a 13k subwoofer if'n you don't plan to have a party to showcase the thing!  I make no promises as to the strength of your windows, nor do I care.  Even if they all break, they'll look fine from my house

[missioncontrol]

You don't buy a 13k subwoofer if'n you don't plan to have a party to showcase the thing!

[DrewKaree]

Good call bro!  Party on Wayne!11

[missioncontrol]

party at Stingray's 

[Harry Potter]

Go to Chad's place and try the sub on his picture window. 

[Franco]

Imagine trying to fit this one in your car!

[pointdablame]

Imagine trying to fit this one in your car!

they plan on making a version for your car in the future

[missioncontrol]

Imagine trying to fit this one in your car!

all I'm seeing is an X and it's been done before

[Sephroth57]

i want.... 3...

[Stingray]

You don't buy a 13k subwoofer if'n you don't plan to have a party to showcase the thing!  I make no promises as to the strength of your windows, nor do I care.  Even if they all break, they'll look fine from my house

Stingray's got more land just pick me up and we'll head to his place

I've got a shotgun that says your subwoofer won't make it three seconds into the first song.

The joys of country livin'.

-S

[ChadTower]

What is the point of living alone on a mountain if you can't rock the mountain?

[DrewKaree]

What is the point of living alone on a mountain if you can't rock the mountain?

Wait...are you saying the casbah is a mountain?

[Stingray]

The shareef don't like it.

-S

[ChadTower]

Screw that fake punk crap, rock it like a hurricane.